BBC在线收听下载:中国发现最古老灵长类动物化石 距今5500万年

短语讲解：

1.  Not a single house on the streets leading out from this square has been left untouched-- the windows shuttled, the doors blown out, the balconies pockmarked with gunfire.

lead out 开始
例句：He could lead if he would get the lead out.
他可能会导致他是否会获得当先了。

2. At the same time, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said proposed peace talks will not take place this month in Geneva as originally planned.

at the same time 与此同时
例句：At the same time, lending margins have improved.
与此同时，贷款息差有所提高。

3. Britain is expected to announce compensation on Thursday for thousands of Kenyans who say they were tortured during the 1950s when the British administration in Kenya fought with Mau Mau insurgents demanding an end to colonial rule.

be expected to 被期待做某事；有望做某事；期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

4. She is disliked by members of the opposition Republican Party, who believed she was responsible for promoting a false account of the events which led to the death of the American ambassador in Libya last September.

lead to 通向；导致
例句：This may even lead to death.
这甚至可能导致死亡。

5. So much so that according to Dr Henry Gee of the journal Nature, which published the research, it’s hard to know for sure where this creature fits in.

according to 依照
例句：You will accomplish your aim according to my suggestions.
依照我的建议，你将会达到目的。

6. So most we can say is it looks close to what we would expect for ancestor to look like

close to 近乎；临近
例句：He was standing close to the door.
他靠近门站着。